NHTSA Complaint #10396672 — 2006 FORD F-350 SD

WE OWN A FORD F-350 DIESEL PICKUP. IT IS A 2006, PURCHASED NEW. IT HAS HAD REPEATED POWER FAILURE IN THE LAST TWO AND HALF YEARS, WITH OTHER SIMILAR PROBLEMS BEFORE THAT. MOST RECENTLY WE HAD IT TOWED TO OUR DEALERSHIP TO THE TUNE OF $2500.00 REPAIR FOR FUEL INJECTORS AND FUEL INJECTOR MODULES. THE PROBLEM, IS SAFETY FOR OUR LIVES AND POSSIBLY OTHERS IN OUR PATH. THE VEHICLE HAS RECURRING ENGINE FAILURE CAUSING IT TO DIE WHILE DRIVING. THIS HAS HAPPENED NOT ONLY AT A STOP LIGHT, BUT THROUGH INTERSECTIONS, AND ON STRAIGHT ROADS. WE MOST RECENTLY HAD IT DIE TWICE WHILE PULLING 2 HORSES IN A TRAILER. QUICKLY SHIFTING INTO NEUTRAL TO RESTART TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT. IT HAD TO BE TOWED TO OUR HOME JUST LAST THURSDAY APRIL 14TH DUE TO NOT RESTARTING. TODAY, APRIL 18TH, WE TOOK THIS TRUCK TO OUR LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AS WAS RECOMMENDED BY FORD MOTOR CO. APPARENTLY THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THESE TRUCKS HAVING ENGINE/POWER FAILURE AND OTHER THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL PARTS THAT WERE USED FOR THIS YEAR TRUCK. WE ARE RETIRED, TRYING TO RUN A BUSINESS WHICH DEPENDS ON THIS PICKUP. WE ARE FEARFUL OF THIS HAPPENING WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY, THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONS, OR COMING TO A STOP AND LOSING POSER. OUR LIVES ARE AT STACK AND THOSE AROUND US. OUR WARRANTY IS UP ON THE TRUCK. THE LAST TIME IS WAS JUST OUT OF WARRANTY ONE MONTH. NO ONE FROM FORD EVER MENTIONED RENEWING OUR WARRANTY AT ANY TIME EITHER. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ADDRESSED AS THERE ARE THOUSANDS OUT THERE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES. IT IS NOT JUST A "LEMON", IT IS AN ERROR MADE THAT SHOULD BE RECALLED. *TR